The importance of timing nutritious meals – Madison de Rozario

Most athletes have a good understanding of eating healthy food to match their healthy lifestyle. One of the most common areas an athlete needs to focus on to support their performance is the timing of their meals around training times.

8 ways additional energy sneaks into your diet

If your sport has specific body comp targets that you need to reach but you find you are struggling to manage or maintain them, you might look to what you are eating and the portion sizes to see what is contributing extra kilojoules and still be left scratching you head as to why you aren’t at your target.

Athletics is a sport with a wide range of disciplines and varying energy demands. On the track alone the requirements for an athlete competing in a 100m sprint for example are quite different to that of an athlete running a marathon.

Why iron is so important for athletes

Iron is an essential mineral that assists in the transport of oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. We need sufficient oxygen transport to enable our muscles to execute work. Iron is especially important for athletes due to the high work demands placed on their muscles during training and competition.

7 tips for muscle growth and repair

Building muscle mass and increases in lean muscle tissue happens through an exchange of muscle breakdown during an appropriate training program which promotes muscle turnover, and protein ingestion through diet.

Athlete nutrition the focus as HelloFresh partner with NSWIS

Nutrition is at the heart of a new partnership between HelloFresh and the NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS). As the leading provider in online meal delivery kits, HelloFresh joins NSWIS as a Performance Partner.

Healthy eating helps Dani Stevens go the distance

Dani Stevens is an athlete on a mission. Having smashed a 20-year old record with 68.26m to win gold at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year, the discus thrower now has her sights set on joining the select group of women to throw further than 70 metres.